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In 1962, when first travelling US Route 7 in my 1929 Model "A" Ford Roadster, I discovered in Great Barrington, MA, a Cretors Model "D" Horse Drawn Popcorn Wagon. A few more miles north another wagon was popping corn in front of the bank in Pittsfield, MA, where it had done so for decades. A lifetime fascination began. The Model "D" is a very large machine, but Cretors made smaller sidewalk units. In January, 2001, I was lucky to purchase a replica of the 1907 Cretors No. 2 Popcorn Wagon. I am currently bringing it back to its original state. |
| In the summer of 1965, high school friends and
I attended a "stock car race" in South Carolina. Outside of an "old
country store" I spotted a turn of the century Bartholomew "Boss on Wheels"
Peanut Roaster. I bought it, and arranged to have it shipped back to
Connecticut. I have had it since, mainly in storage. But used it often
in the 1980s in parades and school functions, dispensing Popcorn. It
is in my blood!!
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